Published: Jun 29, 2012

Four Leaf Technologies (FLT), Chennai, has announced that it has partnered with Kiu Fung Hong Ltd (KFHL), Hong Kong, to launch the EDO Pack range of snack foods and confectionery in India.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 35%, the Indian non-carbonated drink market, which includes fruit drinks, nectars and juices, is likely to touch Rs 54,000 crore by 2015 from the current level of Rs 22,000 crore.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

The master and owner of the fishing vessel Kelly Marena II was today (28 June) sentenced at Weymouth Magistrates Court for fishing illegally within a protected area of Lyme Bay, off the Devon and Dorset coast.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Cod trawlers can increase the catch value by more than NOK 200 million per year if the price difference between autoline and trawled fish caught at sea fish is halved. New technology on board the trawlers can contribute to achieving this.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Spanish Secretary General of Fisheries, Carlos Dominguez, has said that the fishing fleet will be adapted according to resources in the formation of the Spanish fisheries policy within the EU framework.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

The European Commission is to tighten up on controls on marketing of organic foods across the EU to ensure a fair and even handed approach, writes Chris Harris.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Scientists know about several ways to achieve improved utilization of feed resources. These were presented the first part of the International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding (ISFNF) in Molde in early June.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Loblaw’s efforts to net all of its seafood products from sustainable sources by next year are commendable, says a marine co-ordinator in Halifax.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Scottish rope grown mussels from the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) have achieved the prestigious Marine Stewardship Council.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Pork prices rebounded recently, up 0.7 per cent last week, after falling for several months, as the country's pork stockpiling policy helped boost market demand, Shen said at a regular briefing.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

The Wendy’s Co. expects to report a same-store sales increase of about 3 percent for Wendy’s North America company-operated restaurants for the second quarter ending July 1.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

A three-year study launched by the Coalition for Sustainable Egg Supply (CSES) has entered its second phase, during which the second of the two-flock study has been housed and will be studied throughout the hens’ laying cycle.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Americans increasingly want more ethnic foods and ingredients in their diets, many of which offer unique flavor and texture, and a variety of health benefits, according to a presentation at the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting and food expo

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Reaction to the US Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ranged from concern to outright dismay as industry stakeholders began to assess the ruling.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Natural compounds can significantly reduce or eliminate disease-causing pathogens, according to research from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Published: Jun 29, 2012

After a decade of selling a “Chicken Fillet Sub”, Subway has been accused of false-advertising in a customer complaint that has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Board (ASB).

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Food manufacturers have the opportunity to receive government money if the money is able to be used for replacing “energy-inefficient” equipment with “clean technology”.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

New South Wales, since February 2012, has had a menu nutrition labelling law, which requires information about the energy content of fast food and snack food from larger chains to be made available on purchasing.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

After Australian Food News reported that the Dairy Farmers and Pura Milk brands had decided to make permeate-free milk, allowing contrast with the supermarket homebrand milks, other milk brands are declaring their milk is permeate-free.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Engro Foods are implementing a project to install 60 milk chillers in remote villages in Pakistan, as a part of a strategy to increase incomes of small dairy farms.